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Jobs in America Act

Introduced: November 5, 2015 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Dec 4, 2015
Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Nov 5, 2015
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Nov 5, 2015
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Jobs in America Act

This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish an employment-based, conditional immigrant visa (StartUp visa) for a sponsored alien entrepreneur: (1) with required amounts of financial backing from a qualifying investor or venture capitalist; and (2) whose commercial activities will generate required levels of employment, revenue, or capital investment.

The Department of Homeland Security shall terminate the status of a sponsored entrepreneur (and the alien spouse and children of such entrepreneur) if not later than three years after the date on which such permanent resident status was conferred: (1) the sponsoring venture capitalist or investor fails to meet investment requirements; or (2) the entrepreneur fails to meet job creation, capital investment, or revenue requirements.

What's happening now December 4, 2015

Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Republican 2
R
Amodei, Mark E.
Nevada · Nov 19, 2015
Curbelo, Carlos
· Nov 5, 2015
Love, Mia
· Nov 5, 2015
 R
Valadao, David G.
California · Nov 5, 2015
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3987: Jobs in America Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3987/
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"H.R. 3987: Jobs in America Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3987/.
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H.R. 3987, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-3987/.
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